Such a pure and different love they shared, two halves of the same whole, not complete unless they were with each other...Alice and Jasper's first two years together, starting from the day they meet to when the met the Cullens for the first time.

Synopsis: Alice and Jasper's first
two years together as they fall in love and search for the Cullens
together.

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Alice stood in front of her small
closet in the hotel room she was staying at, trying to find something
to wear for the day. She wished she could get a vision to know what
she would wear. Would he be coming today, so therefore she should
wear the dress she had seen herself wearing when they met, or would
it not happen today? Pondering her dress choices, she lightly
touched all of the fabrics. Taffeta, faille, moire, all so lovely.

A vision pushed it's way into her
mind, and Alice had the same vision she had been having over and over
again yet again. But this time, it held so much clarity in it, that
she knew that it had to be today.

She hopped off of the stool and
danced over to the other vampire. He tensed, as if for a fight.
"You've kept me waiting a long time." She admonished only
slightly teasing.

He ducked his head. "...

Alice
growled as the vision ended. "Just like always." She grumbled to
herself, but she wasn't really angry, not knowing that they would
finally meet today. Alice grinned as she took down her bright yellow
taffeta dress. It had a low neckline, with a full skirt. Gazing at
it lovingly, Alice swiftly put it on before glancing out the window.
She already knew that it would be rainy, and simply looked out of
instinct. She grabbed a coat off the hanger, and headed out the
door, all primped for the day.

It was 5:50 in the
morning, and only a few people were out, but the small diner would be
open at 6, and it took ten minutes when she walked at a human pace.
Under normal circumstances, Alice wasn't impatient, but knowing you
would meet the love of your life that day sometimes made you a bit
impatient, so she hurried a bit faster than necessary.

She
had hunted that night, and her eyes were a bright butterscotch. I
hope I don't scare him away with my gold eyes, Alice
thought to herself, worrying needlessly because she already knew how
it would turn out, eventually.

As she turned the
corner to get to 'Betty's Diner- The Best in all of Philadelphia' she
already saw Bill, the cook, opening the door. He looked up,
expecting her because she had been there for the past 3 weeks, except
for the sunny days, and smiled. He was the only one that had really
warmed up to her, probably because of the natural instinct most
humans had to avoiding creatures like her.

"Good Morning,
Alice" He said brightly.

"Very." Alice
agreed.

"Is whoever your
waiting for coming today?" He joked.

Alice grinned (not
showing all of her teeth, she didn't want to scare him) "Yep,"
Noticing his confused face, she added, "I can feel it."

He hurried her
inside (it looked like rain) and nodded. "Good luck then, I hope
he's worth it for you to be waiting for so long."

"He is." She
sat in the same seat that she had been sitting in for the past three
weeks and took the coffee and doughnut he had offered her, pretenses,
her human charade. It started drizzling outside quietly as Bill
hummed, cleaning the kitchen in the back. Betty was in her office,
but she would be leaving at 9 to go check up on her kids and get them
to school. Mary came in an hour later and avoided catching Alice's
eye, the only one of the employees who was completely scared of
having Alice there. She had once gossiped to another waitress that
"It feels like, I don't know, like she's goin' to eat me or
somethin'." Alice had chuckled quietly into her coffee.

The hours passed,
and the rain had worsened before stopping. At three, Betty and
Dorothy came in, chatting and laughing. All of the employees were
like a family there. "Good Afternoon, Alice." Dorothy told her,
waving.

"Isn't it?"
Alice said, nodding in there direction. The rain started up again,
and an old couple came in. Alice turned her head toward them, even
though she knew it wasn't him. They smelled just like every other
human there.

Others came and
went, and a little later, a boyfriend and girlfriend came in. As
they sat down and ordered something to eat from Dorothy, Alice was
struck with a vision. The boy was getting down on one knee, and the
girl was staring at him with wide eyes before jumping into his arms
in glee. Alice smiled softly. It wasn't happening today, but soon.

They smiled at
each other of their dinner, and Alice felt an unreasonable pang of
jealousy of the couple. She hoped that eventually that would be her
and Jasper.

A family sat in
the corner, the mother and father looking harassed with their two
children as the little girl refused to eat her green beans, and the
boy who was antsy in his seat and wouldn't stop fidgeting. Just
then, as the storm picked up even more harshly, the door opened, and
the bell tinkled. the harsh wind blew his scent toward her. Alice's
head shot up and she looked over to him.

He
was eyeing the room warily, his eyes black as coals. He was holding
his breath, but seemed to know what she was, and was suddenly even
more tense. He was here,
and even more beautiful than she had imagined.

She hopped off of
the stool and danced over to the other vampire. He tensed, as if for
a fight. "You've kept me waiting a long time."

He ducked his
head. "I'm sorry ma'am." Jasper said in a low voice, and Alice,
though trying to be angry, couldn't stop the grin that split across
her face. Alice held out her hand, and in an instant, he took it,
and she led him out of the diner and onto the start of the rest of
their lives, Bill the cook staring after them the entire time.

Alice continued to
swing her free hand as she pulled Jasper along. "Excuse me, ma'am,
but, may I ask where we are going."

"Call me Alice,
Jasper."

Jasper looked
shocked. "How do you know my name?"

"I know a lot
about you, Jasper Whitlock." She said mysteriously. "I know you
used to travel with Peter and Charlotte, and that you left them a few
years back, and I also knew you were going to be meeting me in that
diner today, though I had to wait for three weeks to be sure. But,"
Alice hesitated, afraid this would scare him off. "I've been
looking for you since 1920 when I...when I wasn't quite as civilized,
I suppose."

"But...How?"
Jasper stared at her, and she saw a possible future, he was thinking
about bolting.

"Wait! Please
don't go! I have been waiting a long time. I can see that future if
you leave, and I really don't want you to go." Alice begged, and
Jasper's eyes softened.

"I know what
it's like to be different, even around vampires. I can sense and
manipulate emotions." He murmured, looking away.

Alice gasped.
"Really?"

Jasper nodded.
"Yes, you're feeling happy, smug, a bit upset still and...well,
truthfully, I haven't figured out the last feeling. Like, adoration,
and caring, and lust, but all mixed into one."

Alice thought
about it for a minute before realizing what it was. "That's love."
She told him.

"Love?
Hm, so, what do you love?"

If
she could have, Alice would've blushed. "Nothing, I'll tell you
another time." She had already freaked him out enough for the
night, she didn't need to tell Jasper that it was him that
she loved. Not yet, at least.

Jasper crinkled
his nose, and Alice looked away as soon as she had thoughts about how
beautiful he looked, much more so than her. "Animals?" He asked,
dubious, and Alice nodded in confirmation. "They don't taste as
good as humans do, but it's nice to know I'm not killing somebody
that could have a family waiting for them at home."

Jasper closed his
eyes. "I'll try. It would be nice..." He trailed off, and Alice
didn't press him. She pulled him to the edge of the forest and told
him, "It's really just like hunting humans, well, kind of. Come
on."

They ran through
the forest then, and after Alice caught a deer, Jasper followed suit.
He sucked it dry, before turning to Alice. "Nothing." He mused
to himself quietly. "Does it ever get better? The taste, I mean."

Alice threw her
arms around him then, knowing what that meant, he was planning on
staying with her. "Oh Jasper! You're staying?"

He tensed up
before relaxing as they held that position. "Aren't you the
physic, wouldn't you know?" He teased. Alice just smiled brightly,
and he returned it with a small one of his own.

"Don't worry,
you'll get used to it." She whispered to him.

"Alice, where
are you taking me now?" Jasper asked after they had hunted.

"To my hotel
room, silly."

Jasper gasped.
"You...stay around humans? How? For how long?"

"I've
been trying to drink animal blood since I was created in 1920, so
I've had a lot of practice. It's not quite as
enticing as before."

"So you've never
had human blood?" Jasper asked, incredulous.

"Well, I
wouldn't say that." Alice whispered, and Jasper felt the shame that
she was feeling as if it was his own.

"It's just part
of your nature, Alice. Don't worry." How strange it was that he
was comforting a vampire he had met not 5 hours previous, Jasper
thought to himself.

The two of them
ran as far as they could before getting to civilization, where Alice
slowed the two of them down to a walk. A comfortable silence fell
over the couple as Alice led the way to the hotel. "It's going to
be sunny tomorrow." Alice said, breaking the silence. "We're
going to need to stay inside."

Jasper looked up
toward the sky, as if the sun would come out at that moment, but the
rain only continued to fall on his face. "The rain dilutes their
smell a bit." He said, mainly to himself.

They arrived at
the hotel, and Alice nodded to the doorman before hurrying up to her
room with Jasper. As she unlocked the door to her room on the fourth
floor, Jasper looked around, surveilling the premises. "Come in."
Alice gestured for him to follow her. She sat on the bed, and he
looked around before leaning against the wall. Alice's breath was
again taken away by his beauty.

"May I ask about
your past, Alice?" Jasper asked her slowly.

"You may,"
Alice giggled quietly before becoming somber. "But I'll only be
able to tell you about my life as a vampire. I don't remember my
human life. In fact, I didn't even know I used to be human until 10
years ago when I met another vampire."

"You don't
remember your past?"

Alice shook her
head, and Jasper felt her upset emotions rolling off of her, though
she didn't show it. He sent her a wave a peace and happiness, and
her head shot up to stare at him. Jasper shrugged innocently. "I
told you I could manipulate emotions." As if to prove his point,
he gave her a large dose of humor, and Alice started cracking up.
Eventually he calmed her down again, and Alice regained her
composure.

"Can I ask about
your past? I never saw
anything. Only your face, and occasionally you with Peter and
Charlotte."

"I have
a...complicated past, Alice. I'm, I'm enjoying my time with you, and
I'm afraid that if I tell you now, you'll send me away." Jasper
whispered, though she could hear it with perfect clarity.

"I
could never. Jasper Whitlock, I have been searching for you my
entire existence, nothing short of finding out you were
Hitler could send me away."

"Practically."
He said with self-hatred. "I've killed more than you would
believe."

"I promise you
that I won't leave."

Jasper sighed.
"Alright. I was changed in 1863 by a vampire named Maria. I was a
major in the confederate army at that time, despite the fact that I
was only twenty. She changed me to aid in her own vampire army.
You've heard of the vampire wars of the South, correct?" Alice
nodded. "I was one of them. I fought and killed many, vampires
and humans alike." Jasper continued to tell Alice his entire past,
the parts that made him cringe, and the ones that he outright wished
he could simply forget. The night went on, and when the sun started
rising the next morning, Alice simply got up and closed the curtains
before they continued to talk. The spoke of everything, and yet
nothing. After Jasper finished telling his past, they went back to
hers, and then to her diet, the future, and Jasper discovered that
Alice had a soft spot for fashion, but could never keep much because
she was always traveling.

The day continued,
and after they ran out of things to talk about, they simply sat in
silence and enjoyed each others company as though they had known each
other for years rather than one short day.

At 8 o'clock that
evening. Alice got up and started searching through her clothes,
searching for something new to wear.

"Are we going
somewhere?" Jasper asked from the chair where he had been sitting.
He hadn't sat with her on the bed because he claimed it was improper
("Still a southern gentleman at heart." Alice had said.)

"We need to
integrate you with the humans, so you can eventually be able to walk
with them and talk with them and not think of them as food." Alice
smiled wryly before lightly taking a dark navy blue number off of her
hanger. "I'm going to take a shower." She told him. Jasper
looked away as she headed into the bathroom and the water started
running.

Jasper thought of
his growing thirst once before grabbing a piece of paper and quickly
writing on it:

Alice,

I've gone hunting.
Don't worry, I'll be back soon. You probably already saw me going
anyway, but just in case, I'll leave this for you. Where shall you
be taking me first?

Jasper

Jasper left it
lying on the bed and headed out the door and down to the lobby. He
hurried to the forest, and smelled the air once he got there. No
sign of any humans. Crouching low, he sniffed again for the scent of
an anima—there it was! The repulsing smell that also signified his
saving grace. No more depression of facing a human's last emotions
in life. The horror and pain and sadness.

He raced for the
smell where a herd of deer were. He caught two before catching the
scent of a slightly more appetizing smell. He hurried toward it,
where a bear was lumbering through the forest. He latched onto it's
neck, while the bear threw it's head back, roaring. There was a
wrestle, before Jasper took it down, sucking it dry. He felt full
then, though the thirst itself was not nearly satiated. He ran all
the way to the city, where he walked at a pace a bit to quickly for a
human to get back to Alice.

When he arrived at
the hotel, Alice was pacing in the lobby, worry and nervousness
coming off of her in waves, so much so that she didn't even notice
him approach in the loud room. Not until he channeled a wave of calm
toward her and her head snapped up. Alice threw her arms around him
again when he got near. "Oh, I was so worried, what if there was a
hunter or a lost hiker? I thought to myself or what if he's hunting
humans? Or—"

"Shh." Jasper
murmured to her. "Don't worry. I didn't want you to get that
pretty little dress dirty taking care of me."

"Well, I feel
better knowing you're with me." Alice grumbled.

Jasper laughed,
and Alice marveled at the sound. "So where were you thinking of
going?"

Alice grinned in
an almost evil way, if evil could ever be applied to her.
"Shopping." She eyed him then. "You need a new outfit, how
long have you been wearing that?" She questioned, her nose
wrinkled in disgust in a way that Jasper found quite cute. Realizing
he was staring, Jasper instead glanced at his own clothes. Dusty
corduroy jeans and an old, red plaid shirt.

Alice shook her
head before dragging him out. Walking by all of the small shops and
boutiques surrounding them, Alice 'oohed' and 'aahed' at all of the
clothes, but with little money, she could only buy a couple things,
and for once, only bought one thing for herself (a pair of pretty
lacy gloves), while getting him two new shirts and a pair of pants.

Jasper feigned
boredom and nonchalance, but really he was happy to be around Alice
as she moved from store to store happily. They spent a good part of
the night shopping until every store was closed and they decided to
head back to the hotel, having nothing else to do.

"Alice,"
Jasper started.

"Hm?"

"You are the
best thing to ever happen in my life. I never imagined I could ever
be this happy after a past like mine. I must have been truly lucky
to meet you, yesterday."

"Jasper
Whitlock, you are the best thing to ever happen to me, I want you to
know that." They stared into each others eyes, and somehow, even
though they had met yesterday,
there eyes conveyed what words could not.

You
are my life now. I love you.

So, what do you think so far? I'm
going to keep continuing it if I can, but I don't know till when in
the story.

Disclaimer: I own none of the
characters from the book Twilight by Stephenie Meyer, they both are
not mine.

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